Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-17
REST FOR PASTORS
OUR MINISTER'S PLAss FOR sPsNDIge
THE sUaMfR.
sene Of Them Will Go to the Country,
bat Many others viii
Remain here.

| the city cnurcntSc1oSc up III VIC Suhiihti
il erroneous. The great majority do not
as will be seen from the following re.
marks made to Dispatch reporter in
answer to the question, "Where vii
you spend your summer vacation p
Rev. w. G. Schaeffer, OF the First
English Lutheran church: l do not
usually take any vacation, but my L.
bors during this year have been SO
abundant and exacting that my church
council insists | must take some rest
and has given me the month of August.
/ will 60 into the mountains OF South
western Virginia in the neighborhood
of Wytheville and Rural Retreat. On
the third Sunday of August will dedi-
cate a church at Bland Courthouse and
attend the meeting Of the Southwestern
Virginia Synod on the fourth Sunday.
Iexpect TO preach every Sunday during
my vacation.
Friend j. B. Crcnshaw: / expect t.
leave about the middle of next mouth
for pretty extensive visit to the reli-
gious meeting of Friends in some parts
of Ohio and Indiana.
Rev. Pike Powers, st. Andrews:
expect to take no vacation, but as usual
stay at home and Mt work.
Rev. S. A. Goodwin, ID. d., Leigh
Street BAPTIST: l shall, ID. v, spend
my vacation in Europe. Expect to sail
from New York the 18th of this month.
Rev. r. p. Kerr, ID. d., of Grace
Street Presbyterian / do not expect to
take vacation for some time yet.
Rev. S. $. Lambeth, Broad-Street
Methodist l expect to spend my yaca-
ton at Cold Sulphur Springs, Rock
bridge county, Va. viii leave Mon
day next.
Rev. George VI. Funston, assistant
pastor Of st. Pauls DO not expect to
leave Richmond at all during the sum-
mer.
Rev. J. b. Funston, Christ church
! expect to remain in the city all the
summer.
DIR. Hoge I can only say, at present,
that L expect to spend most OF the
summer in Richmond. | am member
of committee of the Southern General
Assembly to meet another of the North
ern Assembly, probably in Nashville,
in August. Beyond this have no en-
gagement likely to take me from home.
September is to me the most trying
month in the year, and Imay spend part
of it at the Warm Springs or the White
Sulphur.
Rev. DR.. Dashicll, of st. Marks
Episcopal church: Having been cut off
very much from the privilege OF work
ing with my people in past summers
by reason of sickness, | propose to
spend most of this season here in Rich |
mond. On Monday next (lSth) / leave
TO he gone several weeks on trip b |
Westmoreland county. This will not |
be vacation, but "A part OF my sum
mars WOrk, and my church here will |
be open and services kept until | re-
turn-about July Both.
Rev. Il. IL. Pitt, Venable- Street Bap-
fist: am busiy engaged in buldinga
new house of worship at the corner Of
Nenable and Twenty first. Lookiugafter
this will take so much time and atten-
ton that | will have to take my vaca-
tion in "broken loses" / will 90 oc-
casionally to Han over Ito DIR. c. II. Gull
len's), where my family are spending
the summer, an contemplate a short
visit to Old frenGs in Martinsburg, ".
Va, where | was formerly pastor. In
addition to this hope to attend some
Of the district associations. But SHALL
take 10 regular vacation. / shall be
the prog ress Of the new house
md "scooting" alound for the "un-
righteous mammOI in order t, pay
ior it.
Rev. ]. II. Rldick, Clay-street
l do not expect ID take a
'acation this year unless my health
should require it. / shall visit my
daughters during the summer, but not
o be absent long from ny church. Ny
wife and family will spend the summer
With one daughter, Mrs. ". s. Poage,
If Wytheville, Va.
Rev. w. }. Shipman, West Main
street Baptist have no arrangement
Nth my church for any vacation.
Spect TO spend my summer in the city
t my post of duty. 3
Elder i. A. Cutler, Marshall Street ,
'hristian church | am one of the
reachers who never have what is
allied summer vacation" l never
ook but one "pleasure trip that s
as from Richmond to Drewry's Bluff ,
uring the war, and lasted few hours. .
spend the month of August in at +
snding district corporations and in +
Olding meetings. But the change !,
ON city to country, and in preaching f.
} new audiences is recreation both
easant and profitable. shall spend Il
ugust in the Tidewater, Piedmont.
alley, and southeastern sections OF
e State. d
Rev. j. b. Hutson, Pine-Street Bap- A
t 1t is probable that, with my fam 81
7, / will spend my vacation some n
here in the mountains of Virginia. el
It have not decided exactly where, as le
Rev. Joshua Peterkin, d. D., of st. oil
mes: l shall probably get away for al
ew weeks this summer, but have no pl
ed plans.
Rev. George w. Wray, assistant pas
r of Centenary DIR. w. Il. Edwards
II remain at his home, in Prince Ed ps
I'd county, Va. l am not decided as re
{. | may spend part of August at m
fathers, in Greensville county, Va. tn
Rev. DIR. w. L.. Hatcher. th
During the past week DIR. Hatcher, l.,
! pastor of the Grace-Stroet Baptist pa
arch, received very substantial tn
tens of the loving esteem in which
was held by his people. At the eli
siness meeting Of the church on av
'nday night an addition of six hun
ID dollars was made to his salary.
l on the day following he was pre-
ted with an elegant new buggy, the all
of some Of the kind people of his /.
rge. 2
t has been the custom of DR..
tcher to spend his summer vacations 1.
attending district associations to 8.
resent the Education Board, of
ch he is president. The past year Z. {
been to him one of unusually heavy ,
toral and literary labor, and lie feels ~
necessity for rest. 1t is understood
he will spend most of his vacation
he North. He win preach several
days at the Church of the Epiph-
, IN the city of New York, and yea
ld his weeks at Saratoga and the ore
ide. He will not leave Richmond o.n